One womans video of the airline passenger behind her punching the back of her reclined seat went viral last week.

Now she is reportedly looking to sue American Airlines.

The controversy began when Wendi Williams posted a video on Twitter of the passenger behind her shaking her headrest with repeated punches on her Jan. 31 American Eagle flight from New Orleans to Charlotte, North Carolina.

The man behind her was in the last row and reportedly asked the woman to sit upright so he could eat.

She did, but then later reclined again, and the situation escalated as was shown in the video that was recorded, according to Fox Business.

Williams originally tweeted, I will be calling the FBI to press charges against the man who mistook me for a punching bag. Anyone who doesnt like it, I dont care!

According to Williams account of the situation, a flight attendant came over but instead of stopping the man, she offered him a complimentary cocktail.

The airlines should remove the reclining option if the seats are so crammed together that the reclining passengers are in the laps of the people behind them. Maybe they start rethinking this. But stupidity rules these days. You go girl.

Back in the 70s when flying was really pretty luxurious, a guy told me the day would come when commercial air flights would be about as much fun as taking the Greyhound bus. Wish I had his predictive abilities...

I doubt a Navy Seal would demand their seat space, as well as someone elses. It not a secret that reclining your seat, intrudes upon their person behind you

He asked her to pleas sit forward so he could use his seat to eat. She ALLOWED this, but then decided that she was entitled to that space again. That is rude. Just because you can; doesnt mean you should

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posted on 02/16/2020 9:48:15 PM PST
by Hodar
(A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)

And until that time, all the seats in the Coach Cattle Car should be firmly secured at a comfortable yet upright position - no more reclining for anybody. Until you have lived through someone putting their seat all the way back into your lap, and then taking a nap until the plane lands, murderous thoughts develop quickly. Flight attendants are oblivious and the aggrieved party ends up losing it. That’s why I don’t fly any more - don’t want to end up in jail.

If I had a billion dollars to throw away, I’d start an airline where all passengers would be encouraged to sleep through the flight. Aircraft seating would be arranged so that all passengers would have comfy recliners with the required space to make them comfortable. No row would have more than two recliners. Of course, the number of passengers aboard would likely be small. No caffeine nor alcohol would be served. An over-the-counter sedative could be purchased. No food to speak of. No in-flight movies, though perhaps serene videos and headphones with relaxing muzak. Strict limits on carry-on baggage. No animals.

Long ago, I became convinced that the installation of reclining seats in a modern, packed coach cabin is an experiment designed by some modern version of Josef Mengele. How tightly can you crowd strangers into a small, poorly-cooled and -ventilated space with just the right amount of background noise and give them the ability to slightly, but conspicuously, increase their neighbors misery before the subjects start murdering each other.

In my experience, seats don’t recline nearly enough to really call it _reclining._ They go back maybe a few inches. You body weight hardly shifts enough to even change its center of gravity. The relief to your back is fleeting. A comic joked about it back in the 80’s. “This is upright. Now watch: this is reclining...!” His head goes back slightly and I swear real seats don’t go back much further!

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